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M. BIELEFELDT. CARTRIDGE LOADING MACHINE.

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21 Wou UNITED' STATES PATENT Unsinn.

.MAX -BI'ELEFELDQQF `cosimo, GERMANY.

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srncrmcarxosr 'forming para of Letta-s Patent No.' 504,699; dated-september raises. :V Application fiiea'hty 1, lse's. sasl usava-534,. (N mdem t ToaZIZ in may concern):

j Be it k'nownthat I,- MAX BIELEFELDT, doctorv of philosophy, a's'uhject of. 'the German Emperor, residing at Coswig, in the Duchy o tA'n halt, German Empire,have inventedcertain new'and useful Improvements in Apparatus it' appertaius to make and use'he Same.

This invention 'relates'to lmachines' fouv charging cartridges. with-explosive material;

and it consists in the' novel construction and combination of theparts hereinafterfully described and4 claiined whereby/the charges in` vthe cartridges are rendered equalfin density and quantity. l

The drawing is a sectional side view of the operative parts 'of amachine constructed. ac I eordingto this invention.

A is the `receptacle for the' explosive, 'B isarevoluble measuring wheel divided` into compartments of equal size; C is a `funnelhelovv the measuring.,r Wheel;l E is a 4cartridge.

D is a support for the lower end of the car-L v h and 7L', the chaiuWheels/L'and ,I for driv- .iugthefmeasuring wheel and the cam re- 1*.

tridge to rest on. Y

G is a guide,v for the support D to slide in. F isa revoluble cam arranged below the support. D, i H is au ordinary crank handle mounted on a shaft H upon which are secured the chain Wheels h and W;

A chain wheelv i is 'secured on the shaft of,"

- the measuring wheel and is operatively consubsequent explosions of .allthe -z".. A-.chain Wheel Jis secured on' the cam shaft, and is 4operatively connectedwith they yWheel h; by the drive ehainj.

l I isa guide-which may be secured to the lower end ot' the -funn-el aroundthe'upper end ofthe cartridge, if desircd. 'The chain gearing is so proportioned that the'calnk gives l,each charge a certain pre-ar- 1,45` ranged'uumber of joIts-iuits cartridge. '.'This f settles thecharge lin veach cartridge to acer 1 tain density, audzi'nsuresja, uniformity in the cart rid ges, What I claim is- *f 1. In' a cartridge miel, the summum," .with a receptacle for the explosive, of a meas-v uring device, a support for'the cartridge, a

jolting cam under the'isaid support,'and driv` ing' mechanism operatingthe said measuring .device and .the cam simultaneously, whereby thecartridgesfreceive charges of' equal quantityanddensity, substantially vas set forth.

' 2r In aca-rtridge .i1l er, the connb'inatim,`

'with areceptacle for the explosive, of a meas- -uri-ng wheel, the support for the cartridge, the

stationaryguildes, thejoltiug camk uuderthe said's11 'pport, av driving-'shaft provided` with means vfor revolving it'a'nd the chain wheels spectively, and the driveehaiust` and ,-substantially, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimonvwhereof I affix my signa-ture in lpresence of two'witness'e's. 

